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$1.41 Million in New Grants Aid to Combat Hunger, Child Sex Trafficking, Substance Abuse and Chronic Disease
In May and June, Connecticut Community Foundation awarded $1.4 million in grants to dozens of nonprofit organizations serving residents of Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills. The [...]
An Aspiring Nurse: Scholarship Recipient Victoria Guillet of Beacon Falls
Meet scholarship recipient Victoria Guillet of Beacon Falls. She will attend Southern Connecticut State University in the Fall, 2019 to study nursing.
The Road to College Just Got Easier for 400 Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills Students
Connecticut Community Foundation Awards $900,000 in College Scholarships College will be more affordable for 400 students residing in Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills thanks to scholarships [...]
Persbacker Family Scholarships Awarded
The Persbacker Family Fund Scholarship at Connecticut Community Foundation has awarded college scholarships of $3,500 each to six Bridgewater residents for the 2019-20 academic year. The Persbacker [...]
Women’s Giving Circle Awards $29,500 in Grants to Help Women and Girls Thrive
Grantee LiveGirl aims to mentor the next generation of female leaders The Women's Giving Circle at Connecticut Community Foundation—65 women of all ages eager to make an [...]
The Talk of the Town: Aging Well in Woodbury
When the call came to meet about the needs of Woodbury’s older residents, even the local grocer showed up.The concerns were many. Requests for fuel and food assistance [...]
Catchafire: Equipping Nonprofits with the Power of Skilled Volunteers
Silas Bronson Library in Waterbury opened its doors 149 years ago, but rich history aside, it didn’t want to look like a 19th century relic.The library, the largest [...]
Womens Giving Circle: Supporting and Empowering Women and Girls
The Women's Giving Circle at Connecticut Community Foundation awarded a $7,350 grant to Waterbury Youth Services to support an afterschool club for 14 high school girls based [...]
“This place saved me”
Connecticut Community Foundation's grant delivered medical equipment, exam tables and computers to Wellmore Behavioral Health's new Promoting Integrated Care clinic in Waterbury. [Photos by Jake Koteen Photography] [...]
John Staver’s Legacy of Love
The Staver Fund will help the Greater Waterbury YMCA expand the breadth and quality of its preschool. [Photo by Jake Koteen Photography] It wasn’t quite Valentine’s [...]
An Astounding Outpouring of Generosity: Give Local Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills Raises $1.36 Million in 36 Hours
Give Local Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills, an online giving event hosted by Connecticut Community Foundation for the seventh year, concluded a 36-hour flurry of giving at [...]
Unassuming Watertown Man Leaves Connecticut Community Foundation $4 Million for Local Causes
John Staver helps a woman prepare her taxes. (March 2007 photo by Jamison C. Bazinet, Republican-American) The donation is the largest by an individual in the [...]
Keeping the Faith in Diabetes Management
“I’ve got to tell you what happened. I’ve lost 40 pounds. My A1C [glucose level] is below seven. The nurse who has been seeing me for a year [...]
Meet the Youth Mobilizing to Make Your Water Cleaner
Stormwater that flows directly into storm drains and into rivers seems pretty harmless, right?Think again.The number one known cause of pollution in rivers and streams is stormwater [...]
Kim Deyo: Foundation scholarship paves the way from Thomaston to Italy
Meet Kim Deyo from Thomaston, Connecticut! She's a Studio Art major at the University of Hartford. For the second consecutive year, she was awarded the Lois Livingston McMillen Memorial [...]